melancholy

英 ['melənkəlɪ] 美['mɛlənkɑli]

近义词gloomy dismal sad mournful forlorn pensive wretched blue sorrowful sorry downcast miserable woebegone unhappy

反义词

adj. 忧郁的；使人悲伤的
n. 忧郁；悲哀；愁思

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中文词源

melancholy 忧郁，悲伤

来自拉丁语melancholia,来自希腊语malankholia,黑胆汁过度分泌，忧郁，悲伤，来自melas,黑的，词源同melanin,khole,胆汁，词源同gall.在古代观念中，人的忧郁，悲伤等是由于黑胆汁的过度分泌引起的。参照humor,体液，体液学说。

英文词源

melancholy: melancholy: [14] Etymologically, melancholy means ‘black gall’. The word comes via Old French melancolie and late Latin melancholia from Greek melagkholíā, a compound formed from mélās ‘black’ (source also of English melanin [19] and melanoma [19]) and kholé ‘bile’ (a relative of English gall). This ‘black bile’ was one of the four bodily substances or ‘humours’ whose relative preponderance, according to medieval medical theory, determined a person’s physical and mental state. Excess of black bile was thought to cause depression – hence the modern meaning of melancholy.
=> gall, melanoma
melancholy (n.): c. 1300, "condition characterized by sullenness, gloom, irritability," from Old French melancolie "black bile, ill disposition, anger, annoyance" (13c.), from Late Latin melancholia, from Greek melankholia "sadness," literally (excess of) "black bile," from melas (genitive melanos) "black" (see melanin) + khole "bile" (see Chloe). Medieval physiology attributed depression to excess of "black bile," a secretion of the spleen and one of the body's four "humors."

The Latin word also is the source of Spanish melancolia, Italian melancolia, German Melancholie, Danish melankoli, etc. Old French variant malencolie (also in Middle English) is by false association with mal "sickness."
melancholy (adj.): late 14c., "with or caused by black bile; sullen, gloomy, sad," from melancholy (n.); sense of "deplorable" (of a fact or state of things) is from 1710.

双语例句

1. He fixed me with those luminous, empty eyes and his melancholy smile.: 他笑容忧郁地凝视着我，闪亮的眼睛里空无一物。

2. The general watched the process with an air of melancholy.: 将军神情忧郁地望着队列经过。

3. Melancholy and mistrust of men hold her back.: 忧郁的性格和对男人的不信任使她裹足不前。

4. A mood of melancholy descended on us.: 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。

5. All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.: 他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中.

英英释意

1. a feeling of thoughtful sadness

2. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

3. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

考试真题

Before Steve finished "melancholy flower, " his wife join didn't fully realize the value of her husband's music.

In the months leading up to the 2016 Oregon Repertory Singers Christmas Concert, Naomi told the director she had a special one in mind: "melancholy flower".

实用场景例句

A mood of melancholy descended on us.: 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。

melancholy thoughts/memories: 悲哀的想法 / 记忆

The melancholy song died away.: 哀婉的歌声渐渐消失了。

...a painter of haunting melancholy canvases...: 一位画作中饱含挥之不去的忧伤情绪的画家

The only sounds were the distant, melancholy cries of the sheep...: 只听得见远处羊群的哀鸣。

I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners...: 当他站在致哀的人群中时，我深深地体会到了他的忧伤。

The general watched the process with an air of melancholy.: 将军神情忧郁地望着队列经过。

It was in these hours of the late afternoon that Tom Mulligan felt most melancholy...: 傍晚这几个小时里，汤姆·马利根最为抑郁。

He fixed me with those luminous, empty eyes and his melancholy smile.: 他笑容忧郁地凝视着我，闪亮的眼睛里空无一物。

He has a strain of melancholy in him.: 他有点忧郁.

It was a disheartening circumstance, but a melancholy fact.: 这是一个令人懊丧的情况, 但是一个悲惨的事实.

He fell a prey to melancholy.: 他为忧郁所折磨.

He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.: 这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷.

Feeling melancholy , Zhang recalls his life on a sampan while scattering Shi's ashes into the sea.: 张保仔独自驾着小船出海,把一嫂骨灰撒入海中.回想从前种种,仿如隔世.

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.: 伟大的人物也有穷亲戚,那是令人忧郁的事实.

I have a story to tell you of the deepest melancholy.: 我有一件极为痛心的事告诉你.

All at once I fell into a state of profound melancholy.: 我立即陷入无限的愁思之中.

The undergraduate nodded in a cynical, melancholy way.: 那位大学生点点头,神情既玩世不恭, 又闷闷不乐.

We talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman who had destroyed himself.: 我们谈起一位已自杀的先生的使人抑郁的结局.

His smile, at once enchanting and melancholy, is just his father's.: 他那种既迷人又有些忧郁的微笑, 活脱儿象他父亲.

Results: The pooled odds ratio ( OR ) values ( 95 % CI ) were melancholy 3.: 结果: 各因素合并比值比 ( OR ) 及 95%CI 分别为:性格忧郁3.

There was a strain of melancholy in his character.: 他的个性有点郁.

Nothing could conjure away his melancholy.: 什么也驱散不了他的忧愁.

For us common folk, blue may mirror the melancholy of mortals dwarfed by the infinite.: 对于我们普通人来说, 蓝色可以反映在大千世界里显得极其渺小的凡夫俗子的忧郁.

His demeanour had a kind of melancholy which was perplexing.: 他的行为有抑郁倾向,令人困惑.

A profound melancholy seized her.: 一阵极度的凄伤袭上她的心头.

Some use it as a means to depict their disorientation and melancholy.: 有些人把沉默作为不辨方位和忧郁意思的描述.

The sad news disposed him to melancholy.: 令人沮丧的消息使他心情忧伤.

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